Meet our Team

With a nationally-recognized team, our Heart & Vascular Institute has experts that specialize in cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, vascular medicine, vein treatments and cardiovascular imaging. We pioneer next-generation techniques and lead the way in diagnosing and treating heart and vascular disease. You can count on us for excellent care at locations throughout NH. 

NON & MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES

Electrophysiology

Interventional Cardiology

Non-Invasive Testing

Recovery Time Reduced

When you come to the hospital for a procedure, you want your experience to be as uncomplicated as possible. That’s what Michael Ipavec found when he came to CMC for a cardiac catheterization.

Firsts

First hospital in New Hampshire to:

• perform open heart surgery in 1986 (as a community hospital)
• offer a new heart failure treatment: the CardioMEMS^TM HF System
• offer transcatheter aortic valve replacement - TAVR (as a community hospital)
• ​perform a completely percutaneous (no incisions) mitral valve replacement
• offer Myocardial Perfusion PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
• perfom a fenestrated endovascular aortic repair - FEVAR (in southern New Hampshire) 
• use the KONECT device in the repair of ascending aortic aneurysms

First hospital in New England to:

• implant WATCHMAN^TM after its FDA Approval
• offer advanced 3-D mapping system (RHYTHMIA Mapping System) to better diagnose and treat all types of heart arrhythmias (in northern New England)
• perform a minimally- invasive surgery to treat patients with thoracic aortic disease using the Valiant Navion™ Stent Graft System
• offer the WATCHMAN FLX^TM impant to AFib patients at risk for stroke who need an alternative to blood thinners.

• use LUMIPOINT™ mapping software to aid and enhance cardiac ablation procedures 
• enroll patients in Boston Scientifics’ Clinical Trial assessing the WATCHMAN™ Device in patients unsuitable for oral anticoagulation (ASAP-TOO)

Close to Home

By collaborating with hospitals throughout New Hampshire, patients have access to the latest cardiovascular care. Procedures are done at CMC, with diagnostic and follow-up up care at their local community hospital. See below for New England Heart & Vascular Institute locations throughout NH.